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To: SusieQ1065 who wrote (5042)	6/22/2002 2:20:23 PM
From: Sojourner Smith	Respond to of 17639

thanks for your help on the broker, I will look into them. I traded ADBE up until earnings and the tried to short and go long at the same time the same amount of shares. The theory was I would clear out of the position depending on how earnings came out. However, I discovered the "shorting rule" and was forced to clear out of the short position first. I did make a little on the bounce. I haven't been able to guess how a stock will do before earnings. I got lucky on AMZN last winter when I bought when everyone was shorting. There was a buy signal right before, but that was risky. I think I may just short a small amount like 100 shares, since the odds seem to be in favor of a downtrend after earnings. I wonder if I did that, would I get say 75% of the time make more than 20% return and if waited to clear the longs only lose 25% of the time less than 10%, that would be a successful strategy. some thoughts. thanks again